Bleach (Dubbed)

Fifteen-year-old Ichigo Kurosaki has the uncanny ability to see ghosts, but that seems pretty run-of-the-mill once Rukia Kuchiki enters his life. She's a Soul Reaper who helps lost souls find peace, and when she transfer some of her powers to Ichigo so he can save his family from an evil spirit called a Hollow, he becomes a Soul Reaper too!

Ichigo runs into Rukia at school, where she's posing as a transfer student. Now that he's got most of her powers, she wants him to take over her Soul Reaper duties, but Ichigo turns her down, just as a mysterious shadow begins to follow Orihime, a cheerful classmate with a sad past.

Not all souls pass peacefully to the Soul Society. Some linger, only to become Hollows. In the process, they seek out those they loved most in life. For Orihime, this means that her brother, who's becomes a Hollow, wants her soul for his own.

Chad, Ichigo's friend and classmate, brings a cursed bird to school that is really the soul of a young boy who lived a tragic life. Rukia wants to help the troubled soul pass on, but she and Ichigo will have to fight the Hollow that's hunting the boy first.

Rukia and Chad take on Shrieker, a vicious Hollow who's beaten many Soul Reapers and committed many crimes. But with Rukia's diminished powers and Chad's inability to see Hollows, they haven't got much of a chance without Ichigo.

At a Soul Reaper supply shop, Rukia picks up a modified soul to take over Ichigo's body while he's pulling Soul Reaper duty. But the mod soul takes off with Ichigo's body, determined to have a little fun!

Rukia and Ichigo track Ichigo's body to a local elementary school. While Ichigo struggles with the mischievous soul inhabiting his body, Rukia receives word of a Hollow sighting nearby, but is unable to confirm its location.

On the anniversary of his mother's death, Ichigo intends to take the day off from Soul Reaper duties and visit her grave with the rest of his family. But Rukia is at the cemetery waiting for him, and when she hears how his mother died, she suggests that the Hollow that came after him may have been responsible for his mother's death.

Ichigo faces the Grand Fisher, a Hollow that uses a lure in the shape of a little girl, who Ichigo recalls with shock as the same girl he saw when his mother died. He attacks the Hollow in a rage, making him an easy target, but Rukia, who comes to rescue him, is no match for the Hollow without her powers.

When television hero Don Kanonji schedules a live recording of his hit show "Spirit Hunter" at a local abandoned hospital, Ichigo is surprised to see that an actual demi-Hollow is being summoned for the show. But Ichigo soon realizes that Don Kanonji's methods are downright dangerous, and he steps in to save the day.

Rumors spread about Ichigo and Rukia's relationship when they keep disappearing from school to respond to Hollow alerts. Overworked and frustrated, Ichigo is unaware that one of his classmates, Uryu Ishida, possesses spiritual power of his own, and, not to mention, hates Soul Reapers!

In order to prove how useless Soul Reapers are, Uryu releases bait to draw Hollows to their town. Whoever gets rid of the most wins the challenge. But soon Hollows are everywhere, including one that threatens Chad and Ichigo's sister.

Orihime is paid a visit by a Hollow at school and discovers her own spiritual powers as she tries to defend her classmates, who the Hollow has turned against her.

In the midst of their battle, Ichigo finds out that Uryu is a Quincy, beings with a long-standing rivalry with Soul Reapers. But with the Hollow attacks increasing and the appearance of the gargantuan Menos Grande, the two must put aside their differences and fight together to save their town.

Rukia worries that news of Ichigo's battle with Menos Grande will attract the attention of the Soul Society. Amidst the ordinary activities of everday school life, she and Uryu each find themselves feeling more and more out of place.

Rukia, wandering the streets at night, runs into two Soul Reapers from the Soul Society, Renji Abarai and her brother, Byakuya Kuchiki, who censure her for giving her powers to a human. Stumped by Rukia's unexplained departure, Ichigo transforms into a Soul Reaper and takes off to find her.

Ichigo fights Renji Abarai, a lieutenant from the Soul Society. When it looks like Ichigo might win, Byakuya Kuchiki steps in and deals a fierce blow from his zanpaku-to. With Ichigo down and out, Rukia agrees to return to the Soul Society.

Summer vacation begins, but it's all work for Ichigo, who starts training with Urahara in order to enter the Soul Society and save Rukia. And under Yoruichi's guidance, Chad and Orihime learn to use their own awakening powers.

In the Soul Society, Rukia learns that in 25 days, she'll be taken to the Central Execution Grounds to face her punishment. Back in the world of the living, Chad and Orihime struggle to control their powers, while Ichigo struggles to bounce back from a near-death experience.

Ichigo completes lesson three of Urahara's training and learns the name of his zanpaku-to. After a rest, he reports to Urahara's shop for a meeting and discovers that Chad, Orihime, and Uryu have also been training for the journey to the Soul Society under the black cat Yoruichi.